Stories abound about scientists who do something stupid in a lab and stumble on a discovery. For example, there was the time ...

Why safety matters: Microbiology labs work with potentially hazardous agents, so strict safety protocols protect both personnel and the environment. Core lab skills: Techniques like aseptic handling, ...

Myriam Vidal Valero is a freelance journalist from Mexico. In August 2016, Margaret Braasch-Turi began her graduate studies in the department of chemistry at Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort ...

Whenever London-based cell biologist Jennifer Rohn joins a new lab, she finds herself being ushered over to a cardboard box filled with an array of lab coats. It’s then that she’s given her first task ...